Strengthening School Connectedness to Increase Student Success
Category: Student Well-Being and Mental Health
ERICA is a 16 item scale to assess emotion regulation in middle childhood and adolescence. The ERICA was developed in 2009 and yields 3 factors, Emotional Control, Emotional Self-awareness, and Situational Responsiveness.
Content
Grades
3rd Grade,
4th Grade,
5th Grade,
6th Grade,
7th Grade,
8th Grade,
9th Grade,
10th Grade
Languages
English
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
16 items
Administration
Paper
Timed
No
Access and Use
Contact
Sean MacDermott
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Musser, E. D., Backs, R. W., Schmitt, C. F., Ablow, J. C., Measelle, J. R., & Nigg, J. T. (2011). Emotion regulation via the autonomic nervous system in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(6), 841-852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-011-9499-1
Musser, E. D., Galloway-Long, H. S., Frick, P. J., & Nigg, J. T. (2013). Emotion regulation and heterogeneity in attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 52(2), 163-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaac.2012.11.009
Tenenbaum, R. B., Musser, E. D., Morris, S., Ward, A. R., Raiker, J. S., Coles, E. K., & Pelham, W. E. (2019). Response inhibition, response execution, and emotion regulation among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(4), 589-603. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0466-y
Psychometrics
Scoring
Manual scoring
Psychometric References
MacDermott, S. T., Gullone, E., Allen, J. S., King, N. J., & Tonge, B. (2010). The emotion regulation index for children and adolescents (ERICA): A psychometric investigation. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(3), 301-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10862-009-9154-0
National Comparison
No
Item Type
Likert
